My recipe for macarons, with some hints and tips to guide you through making these feisty little treats, and to avoid some of the pitfalls…
Tag: dinner
Tomato & tapenade tart
Easy peasy, and full of umami
Plum, frangipane & sloe gin tart
Sweet, tangy and delicious…
Blood orange, asparagus and watercress salad
Fresh, vibrant and delicious salad
Salt-baked leg of lamb with rose harissa
Tender lamb, encased in a salt crust, and gently cooked in its own juices
Watercress soup
Simple and delicious soup, full of nutrients and packed with flavour
Roast salmon fillets with watercress sauce
Salmon fillets Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line the bottom of a roasting tin with baking parchment. Brush 1⁄2 tbsp oil over the salmon skin and season. Place skin-side down in the tin and roast for about 15 mins until the salmon is just cooked through. Watercress sauce 2 tbsp vegetable oil 2 small…
Watercress, parmesan & feta cheese tart
A deliciously light and tasty tart, perfect for a summer picnic
Smoked haddock with poached egg & cheese and mustard sauce
Ingredients 500 ml whole milk ½ onion, peeled and sliced 5 black peppercorns 1 bay leaf 2 fillets of natural smoked haddock, pin-boned and skin on (I recommend Alfred Enderby, from Grimsby, https://alfredenderby.co.uk/) 2 tbsp white wine vinegar 4 large free-range eggs Small bowl of water with ice cubes 40 g butter 1 tbsp plain…
Roast topside of beef with roasties & port wine gravy
Ingredients 2 tbsp mustard powder 1 tbsp sea salt 2 tsp brown sugar 1 tbsp sunflower or light olive oil 1.2 kg British grass-fed topside of beef Gravy 150 ml madeira, red wine or port 2 tbsp plain flour 500 ml beef stock Method Heat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan. Put the mustard powder, salt,…
